[Freeipa-users] multi homed environment

[Andy Thompson]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: freeipa-users-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:freeipa-users-
> bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Jan Pazdziora
> Sent: Monday, May 11, 2015 8:14 AM
> To: Alexander Bokovoy
> Cc: freeipa-users at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: [Freeipa-users] multi homed environment
> 
> On Fri, May 08, 2015 at 05:21:09PM +0300, Alexander Bokovoy wrote:
> > On Fri, 08 May 2015, Andy Thompson wrote:
> > >>>> On Fri, 08 May 2015, Andy Thompson wrote:
> > >>>> >
> > >>>> >I'm having an issue with adding a trust to the domain with the
> > >>>> >error below
> > >>>> >
> > >>>> >ipa: ERROR: CIFS server communication error: code "-1073741801",
> > >>>> >                  message "Memory allocation error" (both may be
> > >>>> >"None")
> >
> > >And I'm ashamed to say I tracked down the issue to a fat finger in
> > >the resolv.conf file, so it really couldn't look up the needed record
> > >:/
> >
> > In any case, it is mostly a question of correct routing tables and DNS
> > name resolution.
> 
> Is there anything we can add to the tool on our side to catch the errors earlier
> and/or make the error messages less scary and more descriptive?
> 

Possibly error out and stop the setup entirely if DNS can't be resolved... make it a pre setup check and halt.  Currently it allows the install to continue, albeit saying what happened.   I just didn't pay close enough attention the first time around to see that it failed that step... I think I started it, went to another screen and came back and noted it was completed and moved forward.